Hosea 9:16
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.”Hosea 9:16
What Does Hosea 9:16 Mean?
Hosea 9:16 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 9, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Hosea 9:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 18:16“His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.”Hosea 9:11“As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.”Job 15:32“It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.”Ezekiel 24:21“Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.”Hosea 9:12“Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!”Isaiah 5:24“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.”Isaiah 17:11“In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.”Jeremiah 7:15“And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.”Genesis 41:23“And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:”1 Kings 14:16“And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.”Isaiah 17:3“The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.”Isaiah 28:4“And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.”Isaiah 40:24“Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.”Hosea 5:11“Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.”Hosea 8:7“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.”Hosea 9:13“Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.”Hosea 9:14“Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.”Malachi 4:1“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”
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